backboard

Questions about backboard

What does backboard mean?

backboard means "a raised vertical board with basket attached; used to play basketball". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in backboard?

backboard has 2 syllables: back-board. The stress falls on "back". In IPA it is /ˈbækˌbɔɹd/.

What is another word for backboard?

Close synonyms include basketball backboard. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is backboard a common word?

backboard is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with backboard?

40 words rhyme with backboard. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.